Re: [PATCH] perf test: Fix fails of perf stat --bpf-counters --for-each-cgroup on s390

From: Thomas Richter
Date: Fri Dec 08 2023 - 06:08:17 EST


On 12/8/23 00:26, Namhyung Kim wrote:

> Thanks for the patch. But I think it should support
> machines without systemd (or maybe with old versions).
>
> Also probably you want to reset the behavior after
> the test. I think we can just run some built-in test
> workload like `perf test -w thloop`.
>
> Thanks,
> Namhyung

Thanks for our feedback.
Well regarding the use of systemd daemon-reexec the manual says
this command restarts the systemd triggered processes.
There is nothing to reset. All ports stay active while the command
is processed.

I tried your 'perf test -w thloop`, but that did not trigger
anything on system.slice.

I do not understand enough about cgroups and system.slice, but I am
under the impression, that the system.slice just increment counters
when executed by processes under systemd control. Maybe I am wrong.

The only other workload which always incremented system.slice counters
was 'ssh localhost ls -l', which involves local login and a running sshd.

Thanks for your advice on how to continue on this.


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